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Table 8 Means, standard deviations, t-statistics, degrees of freedom, and Cohen’s ds for sex differences for each PLS-30 item

From: Sex differences in romantic love: an evolutionary perspective

 

Female

Male

   

95% CI

PLS-30 item

M

SD

M

SD

t

df

Cohen’s d

Lower

Upper

1

Rollercoaster

5.24

2.34

5.28

2.30

−0.27

806

−0.02

−0.16

0.12

2

Despair

6.97

2.05

6.56

1.97

2.91

806

0.21

0.07

0.34

3

Trembles

6.40

2.06

6.34

1.88

0.42

806

0.03

−0.11

0.17

4

Studying

6.89

1.97

6.61

1.94

2.05

806

0.14

0.01

0.28

5

Obsessive

5.42

2.27

5.51

2.18

−0.58

806

−0.04

−0.18

0.10

6

Happy

8.02

1.19

7.79

1.37

2.51

806

0.18

0.04

0.32

7

Rather

7.49

1.61

7.27

1.68

1.87

806

0.13

−0.01

0.027

8

Jealous

7.84

1.80

7.30

1.93

4.06

806

0.29

0.15

0.42

9

No one else

5.45

2.59

5.89

2.27

−2.59

806

−0.18

−0.32

−0.04

10

Yearn

7.44

1.50

7.02

1.70

3.75

806

0.26

0.13

0.40

11

Want

8.19

1.11

7.79

1.28

4.71

806

0.33

0.19

0.47

12

Forever

6.83

1.91

6.71

1.85

0.87

806

0.06

−0.08

0.20

13

Melt

7.37

1.60

7.14

1.70

1.98

806

0.14

0.00

0.28

14

Affection

7.70

1.38

7.25

1.60

4.38

806

0.31

0.17

0.44

15

Perfect

7.16

1.76

7.16

1.67

0.01

806

0.00

−0.14

0.14

16

Happiest

7.46

1.64

7.32

1.56

1.19

806

0.08

−0.05

0.22

17

Body

7.95

1.27

7.72

1.36

2.52

806

0.18

0.04

0.32

18

Tender

8.00

1.25

7.66

1.34

3.77

806

0.27

0.13

0.40

19

On mind

7.10

1.57

6.88

1.65

1.94

806

0.14

0.00

0.27

20

Lonely

7.10

1.88

6.74

1.89

2.71

806

0.19

0.05

0.33

21

Concentrate

5.27

2.33

5.09

2.20

1.16

806

0.08

−0.06

0.22

22

Know me

7.69

1.42

7.12

1.65

5.20

806

0.37

0.23

0.51

23

Complete

7.63

1.48

7.51

1.40

1.18

806

0.08

−0.05

0.22

24

Signs

7.41

1.54

6.93

1.70

4.15

806

0.29

0.15

0.43

25

Concerns

7.72

1.36

7.65

1.42

0.67

806

0.05

−0.09

0.19

26

Bubbly

7.52

1.27

7.08

1.46

5.89

806

0.41

0.28

0.55

27

Touch

7.91

1.27

7.52

1.47

3.98

806

0.28

0.14

0.42

28

Existence

6.01

2.28

5.79

2.22

1.34

806

0.09

−0.04

0.23

29

Attraction

7.58

1.37

1.48

1.43

1.06

806

0.07

−0.06

0.21

30

Depressed

6.54

2.05

6.25

2.08

2.01

806

0.14

0.00

0.28

  1. Positive d-values indicate higher scores for females; negative d-values indicate higher scores for males